ARRL June VHF QSO Party
Call: K9MU
Operator(s): K9MU
Station: W0AIH/W0UC
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: EN44hr
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 1107 229
2: 107 36
222: 29 13
432: 51 17
903: 2 1
1.2: 5 2
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Total: 1301 298 Total Score = 415,710
Club: Chippewa Valley VHF Contesters
What a blast! I was fortunate to operate from the W0AIH/W0UC contest
shack again this year. W0AIH and I have been slowly fixing antennae
and replacing coax over the past couple of summers. Despite our work,
the system as a whole deteriorated since last summer. Only two
antennae on 6M were working and the 432 and 222 stack rotors did not
indicate headings. I tried to troubleshoot the problems at the start
of the contest but soon abandoned those activities when I discovered
there was Es to work!
I heard KC0IYT/R and KC9GIQ on 432 at 1800z so I quickly nabbed them
and took them to 2M. I then switched to 6M and found a somewhat clear
frequency at 50.171.3. I called CQ a couple times and instantly had a
small pile-up. I had 10 Q's in the first 3 minutes. The two antennae I
used were the 8 element @ 40 feet and a 6 element fixed to the SW. I
turned the 8 element SE and alternated between yagis during CQ's. I
was running CA, WA, and ID stations from one yagi while working east
coast stuff on the other. I felt loud and continued to run stations.
The west coast stuff petered out and at 1900z the band shifted from
the SE to the E. The band sounded like 20M during a WPX SSB contest,
just how I like it. It was tough keeping my run frequency as high
power guys kept jumping on near me. I would sometimes crank my
microphone gain to the max and give a long CQ. It is amazing how this
helped clear the frequency up. Signals were so strong that I ran most
of my pile-ups with the 20dB attenuator on. At 2013z, I had my max 10
QSO rate of 314 Q's/hour (6 Q's a minute) and my 100 QSO rate was
around 230 Q's an hour.
I was monitoring 2M while running my pile and heard some commotion at
2213z. I switch my main rig to 2M and heard some EN34 guys working
W1's. I quickly swung my yagi around to the east and worked 12 Q's
from W1, W2, and VE2. K1WHS was 30 over! The 20-minute opening
supplied some awesome mults but really hurt my rate. I stuck to my
motto, "If you're not CQ'ing, you're not winning" and jumped back on
6M. I was already over 500 QSO's on 6M and was shooting for 200 more.
K2DRH, N9ISN, and N0AKC would occasionally jump in and we would
exchange QSO totals. Both were right behind my heels. This pushed me
to contest even harder. Rates were continually above 100 Q's an hour
up until around 0100z when the band started to fade. I was at 900 Q's
by the end of the night. Would 1000 Q's be possible?
Sunday was never quite like Saturday. 6M opened early at 1300z to the
NNE. The VE2YAT/B in FO40 was in for most of the morning. I worked new
stations in VE1, VE2, VE9, VY2, and northern W1. K7BV/1 and W1JJ
operating portable from FN64 as W1VHF were especially loud! At 1600z,
the band shifted from the NNE to the S and SE. Signals were loud from
those directions but there were few new stations to work. At 1640z, I
worked WB4ZXK EM66 for QSO #1000! Since new stations we few and far
between, I hit the "high bands" hard on Sunday afternoon. My 902 and
1296 systems were not working properly. The only QSO from out of EN44
was with K2DRH on 1296. Bob's system is amazing! 6 meters remained
open for most of Sunday night. K5AM, WA7JTM, W5LCC, and AA7A were S9
up until the end of the contest. When the clocked ticked 0300Z, I had
an incredible 1107 QSO's and 229 grids on 6m. I crushed my previous
high and was the first Single Op to break the 1K Q barrier! Simply
amazing!
Grid maps and pictures: http://k9mu.com/june2006/
My signal in FN25 recorded by VE3GIB:
http://home.cogeco.ca/~gazibo/june%20vhf%202006/k9mu.mp3
6M QSO/Mults per Hour
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HOUR QSO's/Mults
18 89/47
19 105/31
20 149/12
21 115/12
22 66/4 (2M Es)
23 124/27
0 131/14
1 47/16
2 47/16
3 12/3
4 6/2
5 5/2
6 .
7 .
8 .
9 .
10 .
11 1/1
12 5/1
13 5/3
14 17/5
15 25/3
16 70/11
17 30/6
18 7/2
19 2/1
20 4/3
21 5/0
22 7/2
23 8/1
0 13/2
1 3/0
2 10/2
2M Es QSO's
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2214 N1BUG FN55
2225 KQ1V FN43
2225 WA2AUY FN23
2228 K1MUJ FN31
2228 AF1T FN43
2228 W1FKF FN42
2228 K1OYB FN43
2229 KC2BCJ FN34
2230 W1GUP FN54
2232 VE2HAR FN35
2237 W2SSF FN54
2237 K1WHS FN43
Thanks for all the QSO's! See you at Central States!
Justin K9MU
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